Congratulations to the winners of the 79th Annual Academy Awards and to the 5th Oscar Predicter Contest champion!
NEWS & UPDATES
The results of the 5th Annual Oscar Predicter Contest have been uploaded here.
In the spirit of honesty and fairness, Ana Alcala has uploaded her ballot here.
The Official Roster of Contestants may be viewed here.
The nominees for the 79th Academy Awards have been announced. This marks the beginning of the OPC. You may view the nominees list here. You may now also download the Printable Oscar.com Ballot, the Offical OPC Ballot, here and start submitting your votes.
The 79th Academy Awards will be aired on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 9am Manila
Time.
The nominees for the 79th Academy Awards will be announced on January 23, 2007. This marks
the beginning of the voting period for the OPC.
HISTORY
The Oscar Predicter Contest was conceived in 2002 when a
group of St. Ambrosia's Catholic School girls, searching for ways to channel their
Tinseltown passions, decided to take the Academy Awards into their own hands. Armed with
copies of printable Oscar.com ballots, lovingly photocopied by one Ana Alcala with her own
money, these girls set up their own Oscar pool contest.
Today, the Oscar Predicter Contest is an annual event
that legions of moviegoers look forward to, or so its organizer would like to think. With
the Oscars just around the corner, these Ambrosians are once again gearing up for another
exciting season of predicting and guessing who will win the coveted statuette.
The contest is on its 5th year and is open to the
general public.
TRIVIA
The word "predicter" is purposely misspelled. It comes from the New World Pattoism
Dictionary, a collection of words and expressions invented by Patty Rodriguez and her posse.
The word refers to the uncanny abilities of Rodriguez, Ana Alcala and Liza Constantino in
predicting the unlikeliest of things--an ability which should help them with the contest but
so far has not for Rodriguez.
The first OPC winner was Samantha Potenciano, who really took time to research on the
potential awardees. She is even said to have answered her ballot during class
hours.
It was intially planned to have the OPC winner receive a prize. She (there was no he) was
to win a ticket to an Oscar-winning movie being shown in town at that time, paid for by all
the other contestants (the losers). This plan never transpired however, and the contest at
present does not promise an actual prize for the winner, save for the glory, fame and honor
of being declared the champion. Some OPC old-timers believe though that the first
contestants gave Potenciano 20 pesos each for winning back in 2002.
Perennial placers in the competition have been Ina Escueta, Liza Constantino, Manna Marquez
and Sam Potenciano.
This year's defending champion is Ana Alcala.
The OPC has been won by Sam Potenciano (2002), Manna Marquez (2003), Olivia Ledesma (2004)
and Ana Alcala (2005).
If you feel that some of the information in this section is inaccurate, feel free to
submit your corrections to this address.
CONTEST RULES
- Each contestant must be officially registered in the Roster of Contestants to join the
OPC. To register, email your request to this address with the subject "OPC Registration." You
are officially registered once your name appears on the Roster in this website.
- You may download your ballots at Oscar.com.
- There are three ways to submit your ballots:
a. send an attachment of the answered ballot by
email
b. type your choices and email them
c. personally hand over your ballots
- The ballots may be submitted as soon as Oscar.com uploads their printable ballots
online. The last day of the submission of ballots is February 24, 2007, the day
before Oscar Night. Late ballots will not be accepted.
- Your ballot must be properly labelled. Write your name on the space provided and
countersign it if possible. Only one ballot per person may be submitted. If we
receive more than one ballot under your name, you will automatically be disqualified.
This website and its contents are in no way affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences. The Oscar Statuette is a registered trademark of AMPAS.